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Morocco, somewhere between Ouarzazate and Merzouga, 1998 Women are sent out to fetch vegetation to burn for bread baking. You can’t really call it firewoood, it is some kind of dried plant. It burns hot and quickly. In most villages … Continue reading
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Fez Medina, 2009: Our guide meets an old friend and greets him with the traditional kiss on both cheeks. I have the idea that this custom was learned from the French who colonized Morocco for 53 years. Most Moroccans are … Continue reading
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Eastern Turkey, 2009 Our tour stopped in this village to photograph an old fort. It seemed like a good subject, but although I took about 20 shots, none of them were worth a dang. There were too many distracting rocks, … Continue reading
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Senegal, West Africa 1998 This is an old slide, but it scanned well. I’ve always liked this photo: the way the man’s arm curves over his head as he balances the burlap sack of millet…the colors of maroon and yellow. … Continue reading
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The ruins of Apamea near Hama Syria 2010 Apamea was founded in 300 B.C. by one of Alexander the Great’s generals and later, under Pompey, became a Roman city in 64 A.D. These columns remain from the 1200 columns that lined … Continue reading
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Fez Medina 2009: A bored shop girls stares at me as I photograph the shop where she works. The shop sells perfumes, medicinal herbs, soaps, argon oil, cochineal, (used as rouge) and other mysterious concotions bound to make the love of your … Continue reading
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Damascus Syria 2011 A couple of years before I went to Syria, I searched Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar for coppersmiths. There aren’t any these days. The Grand Bazaar is like a modern shopping mall and all the atmosphere that was priceless … Continue reading
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Qyinghai Provence, China 2007 We had stopped at a regular tourist set-up with young people dressed in traditional costume to welcome us. They were paid government workers, but that didn’t diminish their genuine smiles of friendship. Across the road, though, were … Continue reading
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The castle, located near Cluj, Romania was begun in the 14th century and was owned by the Banffy family almost from the beginning. They were a prosperous family: active in politics, forestry, agriculture. The castle was the finest in Transylvania … Continue reading
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Here is a young Burmese man who was working on the construction job at our hotel. He and his friend were eating their lunch in the hotel garden. They jumped up when they saw me. At first,they were reluctant to have … Continue reading
